"He sees interactive tablet PCs replacing textbooks and notebooks in schools. Students will call up everything they need on their tablet PCs and write everything directly on the screen to be stored there. His daughter’s school, he said, is already using this technology."
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Bill Gates’ Vision for the Future
From Washington Post, March 13, 2008
By Kim Hart

So, what school is that?  Here in Charles City, Iowa, under the auspices of our distinguished mayor, Jim Erbs, our distinguished governor, Chester Culver, our distinguished deputy director of Iowa Communications Network, there's not a child in the state getting a true 21st century education.  Why?  I can only imagine it has something to do with power, greed, and a total disregard for the health and well-being of the people these elected officials are supposed to be representing.  And, for those who will try to use cost as an excuse, please don't.  You all know, as we do, that a $50 per house, one time payment, puts a lasting legacy for our children in place.  A community broadband infrastructure that enables every child to get the true 21st century education that the privileged members of our society get.